{"id":207541,"date":"2025-09-12T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=207541"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:17:51","slug":"aeroport-marseille-tax-hike-fires-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/aeroport-marseille-tax-hike-fires-strike","title":{"rendered":"Higher taxes, fires and strike hit Marseille airport's summer results"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the latest figures fromMarseille airport<\/strong>, summer traffic did not reach last year's record levels<\/strong> due to external events in July. The air traffic controllers' strike, the giant fires<\/strong> around the airport led to the cancellation of almost 400 flights. But the airport also points out that a significant increase in taxes on air transport<\/strong> in France weighed on traffic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nevertheless, Marseille welcomed 2.32 million passengers at the height of the summer. That's total traffic between January and August of 7.75 million passengers<\/strong>. This still represents an increase in traffic of 1.8%, corresponding to almost 135,000 additional passengers<\/strong> compared with the same period in 2024. At the same time, airport management notes a fall in aircraft movements (-0.9 %).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same trend has been observed in recent years, French destinations (mainland France) are being neglected<\/strong> (2 million passengers, -8% between January and August) to the benefit of international services (5.6 million passengers, +5.4% since January). The majority of passengers travelled to European countries<\/strong> (3.8 million passengers, +4% since January). The biggest increase, however, was in so-called \"affinity\" destinations such as the Maghreb (1.5 million passengers, +6, 1% since January).<\/p>\n\n\n\n